Leiby Kletzky

New York Police Department, via Associated Press

News about Leiby Kletzky, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Aug. 30, 2012

Levi Aron pleads guilty to one charge of second-degree murder and one charge of second-degree kidnapping in the killing of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky in 2011 and is sentenced to 40 years to life in prison. MORE

Aug. 10, 2012

Levi Aron pleads guilty to killing Leiby Kletzky, an 8-year-old boy whose disappearance in July 2011 from the insular Hasidic community of Borough Park Brooklyn, captivated New York City; Aron faces at least 40 years in prison on one charge of second-degree murder and one charge of second-degree kidnapping. MORE

Aug. 2, 2012

Levi Aron, accused of kidnapping, killing and dismembering 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky in the Hasidic neighborhood of Borough Park, Brooklyn, in 2010, is expected to plead guilty; Aron faces at least 40 years in prison. MORE

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December 30, 2011, Friday

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